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EU and US in first joint cyber security stress-test exercise

EU and US in first joint cyber security stress-test exercise
ZDNet (blog)
By Zack Whittaker | November 3, 2011, 6:04am PDT Summary: The EU and US will today stage a joint cyber security stress-test, to strengthen international critical infrastructure. The first joint cyber security stress-test exercise between the European ...

Can nations really work together on cybersecurity?
Marketplace
By John Moe Marketplace Tech Report, Thursday, November 3, 2011 A two-day conference aimed at international cooperation on cybersecurity has just wrapped up in London. Representatives from 60 countries discussed how they could find common ground and ...

A Reason to Revisit Your Cybersecurity Risk
CFO.com Magazine
The discussion in May reflects a rare back-and-forth between the SEC and its registrants overcybersecurity-risk disclosures. Following its issuance of new guidance last month, however, these exchanges could increase in number. ...

With improved cybersecurity, Los Alamos moves to cloud, wireless
FederalNewsRadio.com
By Jason Miller The Energy Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory has done a yeoman's job in fixing its cybersecurity problems from a decade ago, and now is moving into the cloud and going wireless. Tom Harper, Los Alamos's chief information ...

US and EU hold first joint cybersecurity exercise
ComputerWeekly.com
The US and EU are holding their first joint cybersecurity exercise in Brussels on 3 November 2011, involving more than 20 EU member states and supported by the EU's cybersecurity agency Enisa and the US Department of Homeland Security. ...

ITU Seals Partnership Deal with Satorys on Cybersecurity
THISDAY Live
By Emma Okonji The cybersecurity executing arm of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has entered into a strategic partnership with Satorys, a leading Information Technology (IT) security company. The deal, which was concluded at the ITU ...

US says China, Russia active in cyber espionage
Reuters
A cyber security analyst works in a watch and warning center at a Department of Homeland Security cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory, September 30, 2011, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China ...

Wanted: women cybergeeks
Independent Online
By Tabassum Zakaria AP NERD S GAME: The dearth of women in cybersecurityreflects the broader hi-tech industry. Washington - There were no queues for the ladies' room. That was unusual for an event attended by thousands but typical in thecybersecurity ...

Students training to fight cyber threats for national competition
Montgomery Advertiser
Some Montgomery students said that would lead to chaos, and they've been learning plenty about preventing such threats in preparation for a national cyber security competition. Students from Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School and Robert E. Lee ...

Agencies using cloud to de-clutter IT systems
FederalNewsRadio.com
He said the cloud cybersecurity initiative, called FedRAMP, is the key piece to this focus area. VanRoekel said the standards and memo are in final review at OMB. Over time, OMB will make it mandatory for agencies to buy only those cloud services that ...

Could Focusing on Failure Improve Security?
IT Business Edge (blog)
By date: In early October, the Government Accountability Office released a report that showed the weaknesses in the government's cyber security efforts and a 650 percent increase in incidents over the past five years. Another recent study mentioned ...

Duqu worm looms as 'next big cyber threat'
Christian Science Monitor
Pictured, cyber security analysts that are part of the defense team watch their computers during a mock exercise at the Department of Homeland Security's secretive cyber defense training facility at Idaho National Laboratory which is intended to ...

A Rare Honor – Speaking Outside the Beltway
Security Debrief
Normally I speak about cyber security (that is my job right now), or broader homeland security issues (that had been my job when I was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense). Most of my speaking gigs are in the DC area, ...

ICT GM launches Cyber Awareness Campaign & Resource
Gozo News
US President Barack Obama has personally driven the US Government's campaign, and October each year is USA Cyber Security Awareness Month by Presidential Decree. The US Government's website states the situation clearly. “The overarching theme is “Our ...

UWT Institute of Technology: The success story few know about
TheNewsTribune.com
That's why he's excited about a recent success – a $2.1 million federal grant it will share with the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity on the Seattle campus. The grant offers full scholarships to two institute students who agree to ...

CACI International logs record sales
Bizjournals.com
Arlington-based government contractor CACI International Inc. , which is focusing on high-growth contracting areas like cybersecurity and defense intelligence, had record quarterly revenue. The company also raised its full-year forecasts. ...

Learn to be safe in cyberspace
euronews
Our London correspondent Ali Sheikholeslami, who attended the London Conference on Cyberspace, has spoken to a cyber security expert on a variety of issues. Mark Harris, vice president of SophosLabs (www.sophos.com), whose colleagues deal with more ...

Britain warns against state-sponsored cyberattacks
Sydney Morning Herald
Hague, who was speaking at the close of a two-day conference on cybersecurity, was careful not to identify any countries by name, even when asked repeatedly about China. He told reporters in London that Britain had not hosted a "judgmental conference" ...

First joint EU-US cyber security exercise – Help Net Security ...
By Blackmere
The first joint cyber security exercise between the European Union and United States is being held today in Brussels, with the support of the EU's Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the US Department of Homeland Security ...
Blackmere Consulting

Europe and United States Conduct First Joint Cyber Security ...
By Mike Lennon
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), Europe's cyber security agency, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are conducting the first ever joint cyber securityexercise today in Brussels.
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